小光葛格

寄件者 For Blog Only 本來以為公司要去德國參加CeBit展，
所以沒能參與這次的音樂會，

過完年了，來聽聽另外一首合唱經典。
阿萊格里 (Gregorio Allegri, 1582 - 1652)，
義大利作曲家，
師事於之前提到的文藝復興大師，
Palestrina的好友，

第二首我鍾情的合唱作品，
是文藝復興大師帕勒斯提納
(Giovanni Pierluigi da Plaestrina,
1525-1592)，
所做的《聖母悼歌》 (Stabat Mater)。

今天起，改走冷門路線，
（謎之聲：這裡熱門過嗎？）
讓大家聽聽我最愛的三首合唱曲。
第一首，
承繼了上一篇介紹丹麥的好電影《Reconstruction》，

換個口味，聽聽輕鬆的合唱曲。
今年國際合唱節有許多好的團體來台演出，
而台灣部份的伴演團體中，
也令人驚豔的出現了一個《歐開歌手》，
但整體而言，我聽到了最瞠目咭舌的，

最近，應Pony邀約，去幫忙唱一場音樂會，
由樂興之時主辦
『江靖波和黃海倫的莫札特』。
下半場的莫札特安魂曲(Mozart: Requiem Mass)，
由科學園區合唱團、慕音合唱團以及清華大學合唱團連合演出。
由於在諾大的國家音樂廳演出，
加上男低音的稀少（註一），所以便邀我去幫忙。
而這場音樂會順利結束，再次確定了我討厭唱音樂會這件事，
此外，還有兩個有趣的小想法。
首先，參與演出的合唱團員的普遍程度並沒有非常好，
其中不乏許多第一次上台演出的團員，
也有很多低年級的清大學生，因此原本預料效果會有限。
第一次練習時加深了我的感覺，
雖然有一部份的人唱過這曲子，幾乎大家各自在團內都練過，
但是曲子還是生得可怕，而且這首曲子並不是非常深奧的作品。
然而，當第一次與江靖波老師一起練習，讓我逐步的改變了這看法。
江老師總是能夠將他想要的音樂傳達給我們，
將大方向指導出來後，用最簡單的方式讓團員們能夠理解，
並且試著做到。而綱舉則目張，當音樂的形狀出來後，
團員們也更容易去對於小細節的要求進行配合，
而不至於有手足無措的感覺。
最後呈現出來的音樂，也許離完美仍然遙遠，
但是至少是一個相當不錯的呈現了，
而且其中有許多音樂的內涵，是可以隱隱的演出中聆聽出來的。
而同一件事讓我印象很深刻的是，其中一次練唱，
因為江老師委婉的表達了他對團員的聲音並不太滿意的想法，
所以請了黃絢雯老師來在一旁做聲樂指導，
說也奇怪，黃老師在聽到一些光怪陸離的聲音狀況下，
總是能夠想出很有趣的方式，讓團員的身體放輕鬆，
或者對正確的發聲方式靠攏，有時候讓我會不自覺得回想，
聲音品質好非常多的瑞福吉，有時候會被指揮恨鐵不成鋼的壓力下，
弄得更緊繃。
這讓我想到我自己，也許我總是太急切的想要做好什麼，
帶給身旁的人許多壓力，
回過頭想想，這些並不是改變狀況健康的態度，
而我卻總是選擇了這種方式。
第二件有趣的想法是，
團員們在練唱時，遵從著老師的要求，在什麼地方要做到翻譜，
在那一剎那要把譜打開或闔上，或者什麼地方要有什麼反應。
其實這不是很重要的事情，
有時候反而更滑稽，例如說，樂章與樂章間，
指揮給了較多的休息時間，等管風琴做些事，等樂團翻譜，
而一陣混亂時，合唱團一本正經的微笑以待，
而當音樂一開始時，才是老師要求要把譜翻到下一頁的時機，
其實狀況就變得很可笑。
另外，有時候合唱團跟著管弦樂進入了休止式，
這時候的旋律常常是簡單到不能再簡單了，
因此我會直覺地翻到下一頁，以免突然間我會慌亂，
尤其是指揮並沒有要在這兩樂章間有明顯的停滯，
常常下個樂章的第一個音就會自然的蒸發。
彩排時我也在某個狀況下，直覺得翻了過去，
後來，旁邊的團員好心的過來『提醒』我，
只是正巧這兩天心情很糟，
我在回應時多帶了一句『其實大家太注意這種瑣碎的事了』。
此時另一位團員，回頭來對我說『你有沒有聽過音樂會』，
彷彿在指責我不懂這事情對一場傑出的演出有多麼重要。
這時心裡的OS是：
『這麼說可能托大了，可是我在音樂廳或演奏廳唱過的音樂會，
    可能比多數人聽過的音樂會來得多吧』，
當然，這麼沒大腦的話不會脫口而出，我只淡淡的回了：
『我也看過很多很棒的團，從不在意這種小事』。
想想，你可能還記得泰利斯學者合唱團（Tallis Scholars），
斯圖加特室內合唱團（Stuggart Chamber Choir），
古斯塔夫室內合唱團（Gustaf Sjokvists Chamber Choir），
Coco's Lunch的好聲音，以及流暢的線條，高超的技巧，
請問，誰有印象當初他們是在指揮什麼手勢下闔譜，
第幾秒的時候整齊畫一的敬禮（真的有團員在擔心這件事），
我唯一記得的事，Coco's Lunch在曲子和曲子間有團員喝水，
千萬不要以為這有礙觀瞻所以我記那麼久，
原因是不能帶水上舞臺呀。
所以和第一件事情呼應，
當人對一個事物有巨觀的掌握，
常常不需要太在意枝微末節的事，
這些自然而然的就會順著綱目長。
而相反的，人常常會因為不能掌握大的方向，
而浪費時間在一點都不重要的堅持上。
註一：這就是本人還能夠在合唱團混口飯吃的主因。

以一個愛唱合唱的人而言，尤其是對熱愛文藝復興的宗教音樂的人，
一提到幾個作曲家（註一）就應該會束起耳朵，展現出無比的喜悅，
其中一位便是William Byrd。
這次的Byrd五聲部彌撒是一個相當吸引人的曲目，不過整個音樂會最奇特的地方在於，
敝團的吳大指揮要我們回到當時，使用當時的英文以及拉丁文的發音法。

由於可惡的指揮吳尚倫老師隨便在msn上扔下一句話，叫我今晚寫出曲目介紹，要趕著申請國家音樂廳演奏廳的場地，而我又是無敵尊師重道，敬重學長的好孩子，害得我只能熬夜趕稿，從我的CD架上，找出了Tallis Scholars演唱過的CD，然後卑鄙的把解說看完，生出了以下這篇。
文藝復興時期重要的作曲家Josquin des Prés (c.1440-1521)於西元1502年出版了四聲部彌撒La sol fa re mi。如同它的名字一般，這首彌撒以A、G、F、D、E的固定音型﹝ostinato﹞為基礎貫穿全曲。這五個音符反覆地出現，Josquin更以變化音符長度或者移調的方式，讓這組音型交織整首彌撒，而其中以男高音以及女低音聲部最為明顯。
其實在這首彌撒之前，Josquin des Prés 就曾經用相同的手法完成了名為Faisant regretz的彌撒﹝以F、D、E、D為基礎﹞，但是在La so fa re me裡，他精鍊地讓固定的音型移調，這樣子的手法引起了同時期其它作曲家，諸如Obrecht和Isaac，的仿效，也因此更突顯出這首彌撒的罕見與珍貴

It's the last concert I joined in this Taipei Internation Chorus Festival. Finally, there is a traditional-style chorus in the festival. That doesn't mean these popular a cappella group -- hmm... actually, most of works that the Winnipeg Singers presented are a cappella works, but they are totally from the other groups that added dancing and funny amusing music to give concerts more attractiveness -- is not welcome to me or not qualified, and they have different style and wonderful presentation. I am delighted to hear their performance. They easily gave harmony and nice voices in these complicated works. Maybe sometimes their sopranos bursted out some not-well-controlled voice, but generally speaking their performances were still very good and worthy our applause. Here are the introductions of the Winnipeg Singers and their conductor Yuri Klaz. All of these including the photo are cited from the Taipei Philharmonic Fundation. The Winnipeg SingersThe Winnipeg Singers, Winnipeg’s premiere choir, has long been regarded as one of Canada’s finest choral ensembles. The Winnipeg Singers consists of 24 trained voices, performing music that spans the times from the Renaissance to the present. The choir’s mandate is to make a diversity of choral music, performed to the highest standards, accessible to a growing audience. Each year the choir commissions new Canadian works and premieres other new works for its Manitoba audience. It presents a concert series each year, engaging some of North America’s finest musicians as guests. The Winnipeg Singers have performed joint concerts with such diverse organizations as MusikBarock Ensemble, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, and Les Danseurs de la Riviere Rouge. The Singers regularly appear as guests of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and have given concerts and workshops for local social agencies, business firms and high schools.The Winnipeg Singers can trace its origins to a choir begun in the 1930s by composer and voice teacher W. H. Anderson for radio broadcast on the CBC. His choir, known as the Choristers, performed secular music and on occasion offered public concerts. Filmer Hubble, who conducted the group for a national weekly CBC radio broadcast of sacred music called Sunday Chorale succeeded Anderson in the 1950s and ‘60s. This choir also performed a series of yearly concerts. He was succeeded by a student of W. H. Anderson, Herbert Belyea, also a composer and voice teacher. In the early 1970s, William Baerg was asked by the CBC to form a group of singers which would perform concert broadcasts. This choir, the CBC Winnipeg Singers, was devoted to the exploration of both sacred and secular works from all eras and initiated the form of The Winnipeg Singers as it exists today. In 1973, when the CBC was no longer able to support the choir, The Winnipeg Singers began to produce its own annual concert series, which it has done ever since. Past artistic directors of The Winnipeg Singers include Bill Baerg, John Martens, Wayne Riddell, Mel Braun, Vic Pankratz and Rudy Schellenberg. The current Artistic Director, Yuri Klaz, began his tenure with the 2003/2004 Season.The Winnipeg Singers are regularly heard on local and national CBC radio. They have released two compact disc recordings, O Praise Ye the Lord and Prairie Voices. The Canada Council with the awarding of the Healey Willan prize has twice recognized The Winnipeg Singers for their excellence in choral music. The Winnipeg Singers performed at the Toronto International Choral Festival in June 2002. The choir was one of three choirs invited to perform at the Gala Concert of Podium 2004, the national biennial convention of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors held in Winnipeg in May. The Winnipeg Singers have been honoured by an invitation from the International Federation for Choral Music to perform at the 7th World Symposium on Choral Music to be held in Kyoto, Japan in July 2005. Yuri Klaz Born in Petrozavodsk, Russia, Yuri received his Masters degree in conducting at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. He was an associate professor of choral and orchestral conducting at the Petrozavodsk Conservatory and later became the artistic director and conductor of the Chamber Choir of the Karelian Art Centre. In 1995, Yuri was awarded the prestigious title, “Honoured Artist of Russia”, and received a silver medal for exceptional achievement in the development of art in Russia. Mr. Klaz came to Canada in 2000 to become the artistic director and conductor of the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir. Most recently Yuri conducted The Winnipeg Singers, the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir and Renaissance Voices in performances of Bach, Verdi and Faure with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Klaz also directs the First Mennonite Church Choir, the ShaareyZedek Synagogue Choir, and the University of Winnipeg Student Choir. He is a faculty member of the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts. Mr. Klaz was appointed the artistic director and conductor of The Winnipeg Singers on July 1st 2003.

Another a cappella group but a little different from the Real group and Rajaton. It is composed of 32 singers and a conductor, not like the Real group or Rajaton that owns less than ten members. Therefore, their performances had more multi-layer variety. Not only rythm, their companiment supported sweet harmony as well as abundant sound effects. I think the only pity in their performances was their speaker was too louder to make the subject be inundated. In fact, I sat in the 4th floor but still got ears hurt because the loud sounds sometimes. As 炫超 said, he almost cannot hear any good voice but noise because he sat in the 2nd floor. Ha, ha, ha... it's so lucky to me that I didn't change the seat from the 4th floor to the 2nd floor since they didn't have break time after I went getting into. Such a nice luck I owned. XDHere is the introductions of the Vocal Line and their conductor, and they are cited from Taipei Philharmonic Fundation, as well as the photo. Vocal Line
Vocal Line is a modern a cappella choir boasting 32 singers, directed by Jens Johansen.The choir was formed in 1991 inAarhus, Denmark and our goal is to be trendsetters in the development of contemporary a cappella music on a national as well as an international level. Over the years, we have continuously sought to expand the limits of a cappella singing, and we aim to keep improving our art.We concentrate almost exclusively on new compositions and new arrangements. Although deeply rooted in the Danish choir tradition, we have developed a personal style and sound, which can be characterized as a mixture of pop, rock, jazz, world, and classical avantgarde.With this highly original take on modern a cappella as it is presented at the beginning of the new millennium, it is safe to say that nobody sounds quite like Vocal Line!Vocal Line is known throughout the Danish and European choir community, has won a number of international awards and prizes, and stands as a role model for choirs and conductors across the country and internationally. As one of the “foremost choirs of Europe” Vocal Line has recently received an invitation for the 7th World Choral Symposium in Kyoto, Japan in 2005. Vocal Line has decided to give two performances "Take-off: Taiwan-Japan Tour 2005" in May in our hometown of Aarhus. Jens Johansen, Conductor
The conductor and musical director of Vocal Line is Jens Johansen (b. 1952). Vocal Line was formed in January 1991 by Jens Johansen, who has conducted the choir in a dedicated and energetic manner ever since. Besides conducting, he also finds time to arrange new songs. He is employed as an assistant professor at Musikvidenskabeligt Institut, Aarhus Universitet (the Musicology Department at the University of Aarhus), where his lectures include "Arranging for Pop/Rock Choir", "Conducting Contemporary Choir " and "Music Theory and Analysis". In addition, he also teaches "Conducting Contemporary Choir" at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. He has recently completed a research project on "Part-singing in Pop/Rock Music", in which Vocal Line plays an important part. Jens Johansen has given lectures at various seminars and acted as conductor at a number of choir festivals in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Germany and Hungary. Over the past 20 years, he has published numerous choir arrangements and compositions that are performed by a wide array of choir singers all over Europe.On top of this, he is a board member on the committee of the choir organization KOR72 as well as on the committee of Danske Korledere (Danish Choir Conductors). In these capacities, he helps organize seminars, workshops and choir contests to the benefit of Danish choir singers and conductors.

It's amazing that the choir is pure a university choir, not a society choir or a professional choir, so, how do they own such good voice and well-trained skills?As my expectation, their famous performance was in the bottom half part with traditional choral music accompanied by the brilliant dances. Maybe we could kid that they are close to a variety entertainment group. However, their gorgeous body performance doesn't imply that they don't have talent at music. In the up half part, they represented very difficult 20-centry compositions including the Five Flower Song. They can easily handle the irregular rhythm and discordant interval. Even those compositions are not my favorites, I still enjoy their amazing performance.The followings are the introductions to this choir and their conductor, and they are cited from the Taipei Philharmonic Fundation, as well as the photo.
Parahyangan Catholic University Choir, Indonesia

Parahyangan Catholic University Choir (UNPAR Choir) is a professional music institution existed since 1962. After the national achievements, UNPAR Choir kept on achieving until international was in Holland Competition in 1995, in Italy 1997, in Linz Austria 2000, and lastly in The 8th International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf Germany, 2003.
Until recently, UNPAR Choir has not only gaining more and more achievements, but has also secured its place to declare itself as the barometer for choir development in Indonesia. For the achievements in the International level and their consistency in growing choral music nationally and has proven internationally, they now become one of the best choir in the world.
UNPAR Choir tends to bring a new perspective to the classical music, make it possible to enjoy by all level of society.

Avip Priatna, Conductor

As one of a few Indonesian director priviledged to acquire formal music education under choir and orchestra directing, Avip Priatna is acknowledged and admitted as the best Conductor and Music Director in Indonesia until now. Under the tutorship of Gunther Theuring and Leopold Hager, Priatna achieved his I Diploma degree in Hoschule fur Musik Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria with compliment (ausgezeichnet). After having scholarship from Rotary Club and Austrian Government for his first education, he continued by having scholarship from Parahyangan University in Diploma Magister for choir in 1998.
While in Vienna, Priatna was assigned to be assistant conductor for Vienna Jeunesse Chor that strengthens his quality and credibility in choir art. His talent and interest firstly channeled through piano courses with Rosaline Tambunan then continued when he joined UNPAR Choir.
One achievement after another have been reaped by taking UNPAR Choir to national scale competitions and concerts held by UNPAR Choir. After bringing this Choir as three times in a row champion in ITB Choir Festivals and attain the best conductor award in the same event, Priatna continued his journey to international level. In 1995 Priatna managed to take the UNPAR Choir to achieve the champion title in Arnhem International Choir competition in Arnhem, Holland. The international achievement continued when he and UNPAR Choir then participated in International Polyphony Music Competition, a distinguished event in Arezzo, Italy 1997. The three gold medals gained in The 1st Choir Olympic in LinzAustria past 2000, strengthen his name on the national and international choir chart. Last achievement is get the 1st Prize accomplished the Achievement Level I – excellent performance at an international level, the highest achievement of the competition for Mixed Choir Category, also get Gustave Charlier Prize for The Best Interpretation of A Religious Choral Work in The Competition for Gloria 3 (Arranged by Woo Hyo- Won) in The 8th International Chamber Choir Competition, Marktoberdorf, German.